The judge presiding over Brian Walshe ’s murder case denied a motion to dismiss the murder charge against him , finding the grand jury that indicted Walshe had ample evidence before it to bring a first-degree murder charge against him.

Walshe is accused of killing his wife, Ana, in the Cohasset home they shared with their three children in early 2023, then dismembering her body in the basement and disposing of her remains in dumpsters. Ana Walshe’s body has never been found.

The motion from Brian Walshe’s lawyers sought the dismissal of the first-degree murder charge on the grounds that prosecutors were required to present sufficient evidence on each theory of murder they might pursue at trial. In Walshe’s case, prosecutors intend to pursue theories of deliberate premeditation and ex

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